Written Answers to Questions
Tuesday 27 January 2009
Solicitor-General
Corruption
Norman Lamb: To ask the Solicitor-General what meetings officials from the Attorney-General’s Office have had with (a) business organisations and (b) individual companies on retaining the provision for the Attorney-General’s consent for prosecution of corruption offences involving national security and international relations in the last 12 months; on what dates such meetings were held; and who attended each meeting. [251067]
The Solicitor-General: There have been no such meetings in the last 12 months. A public consultation was held on the role of the Attorney-General from July to November 2007, and the results were published in March 2008.
Norman Lamb: To ask the Solicitor-General (1) what representations the Attorney-General’s Office has received from (a) the Confederation of British Industry, (b) the Society of British Aerospace Companies and (c) the International Chambers of Commerce on retaining the provision for the Attorney-General’s consent for prosecution of corruption offences involving national security and international relations in the last 12 months; and if she will place in the Library a copy of each such representation; [251068]
(2) from which (a) companies and (b) individuals the Attorney-General’s Office has received written representations on retaining provision for the Attorney-General’s consent for prosecution of corruption offences involving national security and international relations in the last 12 months; and if she will place in the Library a copy of such representation. [251073]
The Solicitor-General: No such representations have been received in the last 12 months. A public consultation was held on the role of the Attorney-General from July to November 2007, and the results were published in March 2008.
CPS Merseyside: Witnesses
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Solicitor-General what research has been undertaken on witnesses’ opinions of their treatment by Merseyside Crown Prosecution Service. [251342]
The Solicitor-General:
There has been no specific research on witnesses’ opinions of their treatment by Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Merseyside. However, data is available to all the criminal justice agencies in
Merseyside from the Witness and Victim Experience Survey (WAVES) commissioned by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform.
The WAVES survey has been designed to measure local and national victim and witness satisfaction with the Criminal Justice System (CJS). The survey involves telephone interviews with a number of victims and witnesses from each of the 42 local criminal justice board (LCJB) areas and provides important information to drive improvements to services and support for victims and witnesses.
In addition to the WAVES survey, the LCJB in Merseyside is proposing to commission its own victim and witness survey, which will provide additional local information for the various CJS agencies to act upon.
Serious Fraud Office: Recycling
Mr. Rob Wilson: To ask the Solicitor-General how much and what proportion of waste by volume the Serious Fraud Office has recycled in each of the last five years. [248872]
The Solicitor-General: The following table shows the volume of material sent for recycling by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in each of the last five financial years:
| Financial year | Total volume recycled (tonnes) |
The only type of waste recycled by the SFO for the financial years 2003-04 to 2006-07 was paper. In May 2007, the SFO began the collection and recycling of cardboard, plastic, aluminium and glass. The figure of 42.90 tonnes for the financial year 2007-08 includes these types of waste.
The total volume of waste produced by the SFO in the financial year 2007-08 was estimated at 70.99 tonnes. The proportion of waste recycled by volume is therefore 60.43 per cent. This far exceeds the sustainable operations target of 40 per cent., set in June 2006.
The SFO does not have accurate data for the total waste produced for the financial years 2003-04 to 2006-07, so it is not possible to calculate the proportion of waste recycled by volume for these years.
House of Commons Commission
Parliament: Heating
Mr. Amess: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how many complaints have been made about heating facilities in the offices of hon. Members and staff in (a) 1 Parliament Street, (b) Norman Shaw North, (c) Norman Shaw South, (d) the Palace of Westminster, (e) 7 Millbank and (f) Portcullis House in each of the last three years for which information is available. [248139]
Nick Harvey: The number of requests for maintenance to heating and air conditioning in each of the last three years is as follows:
| 2006 | |
| Building | Number requests |
| 2007 | |
| Building | Number requests |
| 2008 | |
| Building | Number requests |
We do not record how many of these requests for maintenance were complaints.
Parliament: Repairs and Maintenance
Mr. Amess: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what programme of preventative maintenance has been established for 1 Parliament Street. [248232]
Nick Harvey: Since 1 Parliament Street was opened in 1991, planned preventative maintenance contracts (PPMCs) have been established for all major plant, equipment and systems to maintain the property. The largest PPMC covers the operation, repair, and planned preventative maintenance for all the major plant, equipment and systems, including catering equipment, and is inclusive of all minor day to day repairs found necessary to maintain the property.
Public Accounts Commission
Public Sector: Pensions
Mr. Maude: To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 16 December 2008, Official Report, columns 111-112WS, on guaranteed minimum pension contributions, what the timetable is for the National Audit Office review. [250333]
Mr. Alan Williams: The National Audit Office is currently developing terms of reference for its review of the causes of the incorrect pension payments. It plans to publish the findings of the review in the early summer.
Wales
Departmental ICT
Jenny Willott: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the (a) original expected cost, (b) original expected delivery date, (c) actual cost incurred and (d) actual delivery date was of each ICT project undertaken and completed by his Department in each year since its inception; who the contractors for each project were; what the (i) initial estimated and (ii) outturn payment to each contractor was; and if he will make a statement. [251141]
Mr. Paul Murphy: The Wales Office is provided with its IT services by the Ministry of Justice. Consequently, the Department does not directly undertake IT projects.
Departmental Public Relations
Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the cost of his Department’s contracts with public relations consultancies was in each of the last five years. [251531]
Departmental Training
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much his Department spent on digital media training courses provided by the Internet Advertising Bureau in 2008; how many such training sessions were held in 2008; and how many staff in his Department attended at least one such training course. [252236]
Home Department
Antisocial Behaviour Orders
Mr. Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reasons the latest available figures on the number of antisocial behaviour orders issued in England and Wales relate to the period to December 2006; and when data on antisocial behaviour orders issued after that date will be published. [250111]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The data on antisocial behaviour order (ASBO) is based on information supplied to the Home Office by courts. This information is compiled by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) for the Home Office.
ASBO data undergo extensive checking and a rigorous quality assurance process to verify the accuracy and completeness of the data they contain. Since December 2006 ASBO data has been published together with data on all the antisocial behaviour tools and powers collected
from Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) in an annual survey. The publication date of the ASBO data is determined by the complexity of this exercise and timing it to coincide with the CDRP survey.
Data for 2007 are expected to be available shortly.
Mr. Willetts: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many anti-social behaviour orders were issued to men aged 18 to 25 years in each of the last five years. [250115]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The latest available information on the number of ASBOs issued goes up to 31 December 2006. ASBO data is broken down by age group 10 to 17 and adults aged 18 and over, and by gender. The available information is shown in the following table.
| N umber of antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) issued to males aged 18 and over, at all courts in England and Wales in each year, 2002-06 | |
| Issued | |
| Notes: 1. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. 2. Prepared by OCJR Evidence & Analysis Unit. Source: As reported to the Home Office by the Court Service. | |
Antisocial Behaviour Orders: Hillingdon
Mr. Randall: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders have been (a) issued and (b) breached in (i) Uxbridge constituency and (ii) the London borough of Hillingdon since 1 January 2005. [250781]
Mr. Alan Campbell: Centrally collected data on the numbers of antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) issued and breached are not compiled below criminal justice system area level.
Arrests: Disclosure of Information
Mr. Grieve: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what procedures are in place to ensure that police officers receive sufficient information from regulatory authorities to allow officers to judge whether an arrest is necessary for an alleged regulatory offence; [247093]
(2) what procedures are in place to ensure full disclosure of information by regulatory authorities to the police when they ask the police to arrest an individual. [247094]
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